Nascar Whelen Euro Series expands Goodwood FOS presence!

03.07.2019: Four Euro NASCAR cars to drive up the legendary Hill including two cars supported by Mars Inc. wearing the famous M&M’s and Maltesers liveries
The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series will be featured at

Four Euro NASCAR cars to drive up the legendary Hill including two cars supported by Mars Inc. wearing the famous M&M’s and Maltesers liveries

The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series will be featured at the world famous Goodwood Festival of Speed for the third year in a row with an expanded lineup. Four cars will race up the hill in the traditional Shootout Hillclimb, driven by ELITE 2 points leader Giorgio Maggi, up-and-coming NASCAR star Todd Gilliland, former Cup Series driver David Gilliland and NWES President Jerome Galpin.

The presence of the European NASCAR series at one of the most important motorsports meeting in the world – the Goodwood Festival of Speed, taking place on July 4-7 and attracting tens of thousands of passionate fans every year – keeps growing edition after edition and will reach a new high this weekend.

Four Euro NASCAR cars will be displayed together with a large NASCAR delegation and will take part in the iconic Shootout Hillclimb competition reaching its culmination on Sunday.

Teams Championship points leader Hendriks Motorsport earned the precious entry for its #50 Ford Mustang and will have ELITE 2 division leader Giorgio Maggi, fresh of his second career win in the NASCAR GP of the Czech Republic, behind the wheel.

“We showed great potential, we are leading the championship and it’s simply incredible to be able to go to Goodwood,” said Maggi. “We have been wanting to go there for many years and I’m really looking forward to be there in person, meet some of the greatest motorsport legends and drive my Euro NASCAR Mustang up the Goodwood Hill!”

With official support from Mars, Incorporated, NASCAR Gander Outdoors Series rising star Todd Gilliland and his father David, who boasts 333 starts in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, will drive a pair of Euro NASCAR Toyota Camry sporting special Mars liveries dedicated to M&M’s and Maltesers.

“Just the excitement around this event is really special to me. I’ve never been to Europe at all. I’ve watched some Euro Series highlights and I’m really excited to get behind the wheel of one of those Camrys. It’s going to be cool just taking it all in and meeting a lot of new people and fans over there,” said Todd Gilliland.

NWES President - CEO Jerome Galpin will return to the Hillclimb Shootout for the third time piloting the official car of the series, the General Tire Chevrolet Camaro.

“We are very happy to offer every year to our Teams Championship leader an invitation to enter this world famous event! It is truly the aim of NWES to offer great opportunities to our teams and drivers,” said Jerome Galpin. “We are also very proud to welcome David and Todd with the support of Mars Incorporated and NASCAR! It will be incredible to see our cars in those legendary paint schemes!”

Several stars will highlight the 16-car NASCAR delegation at Goodwood: NASCAR Xfinity Series race winner Ed Berrier, former Cup Series champion crew chief Andy Petree and European endurance icon Emanuele Pirro will all take part in the Shootout, while Hall Of Famers Richard Petty and Bobby Labonte will drive NASCAR cars in demo runs.

After taking part in practice runs on Thursday and Friday, the Euro NASCAR drivers will take on qualifying for the Hillclimb Shootout on Saturday at 17:30 CEST, while the iconic race up the Goodwood Hill will begin on Sunday, July 7h at 17:00 CEST. All the activities will be streamed live on Goodwood.com.

More News

Sini sixth in ELITE 1, Talor eighth in ELITE 2 Another great performance for Solaris Motorsport in this 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Season, also in Czech Republic the Italian team showed an impressive pace being protagonist of the weekend. more >>

The grids for today’s Elite 1 and 2 races were decided by the driver’s fastest lap in yesterday’s races so, for the fourteen-lap Elite 2 race, Myatt Snider and Eric Clement lined up in tenth and seventeenth places respectively. The weather continued to be very hot as the Racing Engineering cars took the rolling start and Myatt made a great start, avoiding a pair of spinning ca more >>

NASCAR GP CZECHIA 2019Engine failure on Saturday, first win of the season on Sunday for the Dutchman The inaugural NASCAR GP Czechia at the Autodrom Most was a rollercoaster of emotions for Loris Hezemans and his H more >>

NASCAR GP CZECHIA 2019The Dane grabs his fourth win out of six races, moves to third in points Thousands of passionate Czech fans witnessed an intense duel between Lasse Soerensen and Giorgio Maggi for the ELITE 2 Round more >>

NASCAR GP CZECHIA 2019The Swiss wins ELITE 2 Round 7 after a last-minute engine change What a story for Hendriks Motorsport! Giorgio Maggi grabbed the win in the ELITE 2 Round 7 at the Autodrom Most after the team had to install a n more >>

NASCAR GP CZECHIA 2019The Italian returns to Victory Lane for the first time since 2015, Day holds on to the points lead by one marker The first ever NASCAR Whelen Euro Series race at the Autodrom Most provided the fans more >>

NASCAR GP CZECHIA 2019Eight different polemen in four NWES events in 2019 Nicolo Rocca grabbed his fifth career pole position in Euro NASCAR’s debut at Autodrom Most in the Czech Republic. Four years and two days after his l more >>

The Israeli and the local hero set the benchmark on the 4,222-km Czech track NASCAR GP CZECHIA 2019Points leader Alon Day was the fastest driver in the first ever outing for the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series at the Autodrom more >>

The fourth race weekend of the 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series takes Racing Engineering to the Czech Republic. Already the 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series has reached the halfway point in the season with three weekends completed more >>

The Czech track enters the NASCAR worldThe great show of the EuroNASCAR circus is ready for the big news of the 2019 calendar: the debut on the Most Autodrom, half way of the season. The historic Czech track enters for more >>

Alex Caffi Motorsport at Autodrom Most includes Christophe Bouchut in the line up for the Nascar Whelen Euro SeriesIn Elite 1 there will also be the French champion in addition to Kenko Miura. In Elite 2 Krasonis and Vartiainen will defend the colors of the more >>

The NASCAR Whelen Euro Series goes EastThe beautiful and challenging Autodrom Most will host the first edition of the Most NASCAR Show The 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series season will reach its halfway point this weekend more >>

The points leader of the NWES Teams Championship will participate in the world famous Festival of Speed, Giorgio Maggi to race the Hillclimb Shootout By leading the Teams Championship after the third event of the 2019 NWES season at Brands Hatc more >>

Euro NASCAR in the streets of the French town in a popular and festive event NASCAR Whelen Euro Series cars will roar in the streets of Chinon, France on June 22-23, highlighting the 19th edition of the Chinon Classic. The event will mark a un more >>

An engine issue ruins the weekend of Sini and Talor, both drivers put an awesome show on Sunday RaceSolaris Motorsport showed an impressive pace on the iconic track of Brands Hatch in front of the thousands fans that filled the more >>

Lasse Soerensen wins both EuroNASCAR races and gets crowned Prince of Brands Hatch The races of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series at Brands Hatch last weekend will get a special place in the history books of the series. Lasse Soerensen won bot more >>

In Elite 2, the team coordinated by the former F1 driver hits the top ten and gives authentic emotions with Krasonis, Vartiainen and Veronesi. In Elite 1 Ferrando leads the charge with an excellent progression while Miura remains at the top in the Challenger Trop more >>

NWES-BRANDS HATCHIt was another sunny day at Brands Hatch as the cars lined up on the Elite 1 grid for today’s thirty-eight lap race with Ander Vilariño starting eighth after his disappointing race yesterday more >>

The Dane powers his way to the second consecutive win in the NASCAR GP UK NASCAR GP UK 2019Lasse Soerensen was the dominant driver in the ELITE 2 Division at the Brands Hatch American SpeedFest. The Dane powered his way past Andre Castr more >>

The Frenchman grabbed his first NWES ELITE 1 Division win since Tours 2018 NASCAR GP UK 2019Frederic Gabillon made a spectacular return to Victory Lane at the Brands Hatch thanks to a masterful drive in ELITE 1 Round 6. The F more >>

NWES-BRANDS HATCHThe third race weekend of the 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series saw the teams travelling to the popular circuit of Brands Hatch in England with the drivers competing on the 1.929 km (1.198 mi) Indy circuit. Following yesterday&rs more >>

The Dane overtakes the whole field to grab his second Euro NASCAR win NASCAR GP UK 2019Words cannot describe what happened at the iconic Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in the ELITE 2 Round 5. Coming from 26th on the grid more >>

The Israeli expands his ELITE 1 Division championship lead at the NASCAR GP UK NASCAR GP UK 20192017 King of Brands Hatch Alon Day made a royal statement in the first ELITE 1 race of the NASCAR GP UK by winning his third consecutive r more >>

The ELITE 2 Division was highlighted by the third different pole sitter in three events. Andre Castro, driving the #24 Camaro for PK Carsport, conquered his maiden NASCAR pole. The American rookie clocked a 49.281 seconds lap, which granted him the pole in his very first outing at the famous Brands Hatch Circuit. He won an incredibly tight battle with Florian Venturi in the very last seconds of more >>

photo caption. Stienes Longin and Andre Castro sweep qualifying for PK Carsport PK Carsport had an impressive start in the NASCAR GP UK weekend at Brands Hatch. The Belgian team swept qualifying by grabbing Pole Position in both Euro NASCAR d more >>

The Israeli and the Frenchman were fastest in Friday’s practice sessions NASCAR GP UK 2019When it comes to Euro NASCAR, Brands Hatch means the tightest fields: Alon Day and Florian Venturi ended up first in the free practic more >>